Dana Rettke

Editor’s note: Our countdown to the start of the fall 2021 NCAA Division I volleyball season continues with this weekly look at the Big Ten, 14 programs in 14 Thursdays. Dana Rettke has a chance to be a five-time All-American now that she’s returning to Wisconsin for one more season.

About a month after Wisconsin fell to Texas in the NCAA final four, bringing their otherwise undefeated (15-0) season to an end, star player Dana Rettke announced she will be returning to the court this fall for one final season as a Badger. Rettke, a middle blocker, is one of...

Add another name to the seniors who will be back for another run at the national title for Wisconsin volleyball. And a pretty big one at that. Four-time All-American middle blocker Dana Rettke will return to the Badgers for the fall campaign, per a report, loading up Wisconsin and head coach Kelly Sheffield for another run.

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - University of Wisconsin volleyball start Dana Rettke announced on Wednesday that she will return to Madison for a fifth season with the Badgers. Rettke, a 6-foot-8 middle blocker who is a four-time first-team All-American announced on her twitter on that she will use the bonus year of eligibility granted to student-athletes because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dana Rettke has some unfinished business left with the University of Wisconsin volleyball program. Rettke, the 6-foot-8 middle blocker who became just the sixth four-time first-team All-American this spring, said Tuesday that she will come back to play a fifth season with the Badgers this fall, taking advantage of a bonus year of eligibility offered to student-athletes because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Wisconsin Badgers senior middle blocker Dana Rettke has been named a finalist for the prestigious Honda Award for Volleyball for the second straight season. The other three finalists for the award are Logan Eggleston from the University of Texas, Madison Lilley of the University of Kentucky and Stephanie Samedy from the University of Minnesota.

The Texas Longhorns have had to battle through the last two rounds of the NCAA tournament, taking on volleyball powers like the Nebraska Cornhuskers and the Penn State Nittany Lions to make it to the Final Four. The run of tough opponents continues as they take on the No. 1...

OMAHA, Neb. — Dana Rettke has joined one of the most elite clubs in college volleyball history. Rettke, the 6-foot-8 senior middle blocker for the University of Wisconsin, became just the sixth player to earn first-team AVCA All-American honors four times. The teams were announced Wednesday. Rettke was one of...